Improvement in suspender clasps and buttons



A. J. VANDRAKE.

SUSPENDEB CLASP AND BUTTON. No.172,675'. Patented Jan. 25,1876.

85 'l lwentur 5M.

UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED J. VANDRAKE, OF sAN FRANCIsCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SUSPENDER CLASPS AND BUTTONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Pati nt No. l72,675, dated January25, 1876; application filed August 19, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ALFRED J. VANDRAKE, of San Francisco city andcounty, State of California, have invented a Suspender Clasp and Button;add I do hereby declare the following description and accompanyingdrawings are sufficient to enable any person skilled in the art orscience to which it most nearly appertains, to make and use my saidinvention without further invention or experiment.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel device for attaching orconnecting buttons to clothing, ordifferent portions of clothing to eachother, as a button for suspenders, or a stocking, sleeve, ordress-supporter.

Referring to the accompan yin g drawings for a more complete explanationof my invention, Figure 1 is a view of the clasp in position for holdingthe fabric. Fig. 2 is a view, showing it ready to receive the fabric.Fig. 3 is a side elevation.

A is a button, .which is provided with a flat shank, B, this shank beingbent so as to extend out some distance at right angles with the button.The end of this shank is made of considerable width, bent down andformed into teeth, as shown at O.

A second plate of metal, D, is bent into the form of a hook, as shown,and a slot made through it at the curve admits the hooked end of theshank B. Y

Two ears or lugs, e 0, upon the short arm of the plate D are pierced toadmit pivots from the sides of the shank B, so that the latter can beturned upon these pivots. I

The operation will then be as follows: The shank B, with its buttonbeing turned up at to which the button is to be attached is theninserted between the teeth and the long arm, and the shank B being thenturned down again, as in Fig. 1, the teeth 0 will be forced through thefabric, and thus hold it 'tirmly against the side of the plate D.

The button may then be used to attach anything to, as suspenders, &c.

The device may be readily released from thefabric at any time by simplyturning it up at right angles, as previously described.

In some cases the teeth may be dispensed with, as the pressure will besufficient to hold the fabric with a plain edge.

A hook or loop may be also substituted for the button, when desired.

With some modifications this clasp may be employed as an attachment forsleeve or stocking support, or for various uses, for which it willcommend itself, from its simplicity, and

the ease with which it can be fastened and untastened.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

A clasp, having shank B bent at both ends, one containing a button, A,and the other teeth 0, in combination with the bent plate I), to whichit is hinged, substantially as shown and described.

ALFRED J. VANDRAKE.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. STRONG, J. L. BOONE.

